Baseball

AL: Angels pile it on the Yankees

NEW YORK - Aaron Sele's pitches kept the Yankees in check, but it was a throw by a rookie shortstop that had New York ticked off.

Jose Guillen and Adam Kennedy homered, leading Sele and the Angels to an 11-2 victory Wednesday night.

The Yankees lost star catcher Jorge Posada to a broken nose when he was hit in the face with Alfredo Amezaga's submarine relay while breaking up a double play.

"I don't think he should have gone underneath like that. I thought he could have just gone over the top," manager Joe Torre said. "I'm not saying he wanted to hurt him, but I thought it was unnecessary to do that."

Amezaga was upset about the injury and said he'd like to apologize to Posada.

"He was a little late with the slide and I couldn't go over the top," Amezaga said. "It's part of baseball. I wasn't trying to hit him."

Posada had surgery to set his nose and is expected to miss at least three or four games.

Casey Kotchman of St. Petersburg broke the game open with a three-run double in the eighth inning, and Anaheim scored five times for an 8-2 lead. The surging Angels have won 10 of 11 and have the best record in the AL at 23-11.

The Yankees lost for only the third time in 14 games.

INDIANS 6, RED SOX 4: Cliff Lee pitched six strong innings and Jody Gerut had three hits to help in visiting Cleveland's 1,000th victory over Boston.

Tim Laker homered for Cleveland, which took advantage of three Boston errors to win for the second time in eight games. The struggling Indians bullpen protected the lead - barely.

David Riske and Rick White each pitched a scoreless inning, and Rafael Betancourt struck out the side in the ninth, but not before giving up two runs.

Lee gave up two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out eight. He has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his seven starts.

Tim Wakefield allowed a season-high six earned runs on eight hits, a walk and hit a batter. He struck out six in six innings.